Key Aims
- End all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere
- Eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation
- Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
How Just a Drop Impacts
Just a Drop’s work aims to reduce the burden many women and girls face of collecting water from distant sources by providing access to safe water close to their homes.
Lack of access to adequate sanitation and menstrual health facilities at school often leads to girls’ absenteeism, which restricts their future opportunities.
We provide safe gender sensitive latrines alongside menstrual health programmes which encourage girls to attend school and complete their education. We also teach women and girls to make reusable sanitary pads, providing them with skills, resources, and the ability to make an income.
In all of our clean water, sanitation and hygiene projects, we promote equality and empowerment of girls and women by ensuring they have a voice throughout the decision-making process.
Women and girls are equal members of school health clubs, water user committees, and community monitoring teams formed to operate, maintain and monitor the water and sanitation services Just a Drop provides.
Additionally, our menstrual health work across all six countries is another incredibly important way we empower women and girls.
